Saucepan



(No Model.)

' -R. B. VANDERBURG.

SAUGEPAN.

No. 545,183. Pat'ented Aug. 27, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

ROBERT BENTON VANDERBURG, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

SAUCEPAN.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,183, dated .August 2'?, 1895. ppl'laml mea Tilly 27, 1895. Serial No. 557,333 (No model.)

To @ZZ ttf/1,0m may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT BENTON VAN- DERBURG, a citiaen of the United States, residing at Long,- Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saucepans, ot which the following speci lication contains a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective of the saucepan with its hails crossed to hold them in upright position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the hails folded, so as to permit nesting ot the sauoepans for storage or transportation. Fig.I 3 is a perspective of the saucepan, showing the parts as they appear duringr the act ot' pouring out the liquid contents of the vessel. Fig. e shows a plan and end view of one of the twin hail-ears.

Hy invention relates to that class of sauce-p pans in which double hails are employed to cause the pau or vessel to tilt and discharge its contents.

The object of the invention is to improve the action of the hails by means of a positive connection which will exert a lever action when the hails are pressed to tilt the vessel, cause the hails to fold in unison into proper position to permit nesting the vessels, and also serve to hold the hails in a raised position when the vessel is on the stove.

A further object of the invention is to improve the construction of the twin ears.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement ot' parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

A is the vessel of any suitable size and material and provided with a pouring mouth or lip tt.

B B are the twin ears at opposite sides of the upper edge of the vessel and to which are p'ivotally connected the lower ends of the hails C D. The hail C is somewhat longer than the hail D, to which it is positively oonnected at its middle portion by a rod or bar E, the said rod o'r bar having eyes e e at its ends through which the said hails freely pass.- The middle of the hail C is oftset or cranked, as at c, and the eye e at that end of the rod or har E works on said crank. Thus, all displacement and lateral motion of the har or rod is prevented,so that hy thus positively connecting the hails the rod or bar E will eX- ert alever action on them and causea positive action of the hails upon each other when they are pressed together to tilt the vessel, as shown in Fig. 3.A Moreover, this bar or rod causes the hails to swing together in unison in the act of folding them, and also holds the hails in the upright position shown in Fig. l, where they will not become overheated when the vessel is on the stove. 'lhe hails are of such a length that when folded the hail C will enetage the upper edge of the vessel, while hail. D will lie therehelow exterior to the vessel with the har or rod E close to the side thereof; or, if made somewhat shorter, the hails and har or rod will occupy similar positions within the vessel. In either case, the vessels will nest compactly, as the har E will lie close to the vessel out of the way.

The ears B B each havea pair of apertured hail-engaging lugs h h', spaced a suitable distance apart with the lugs b h in front of the center of the vessel and the lugs h b in rear thereof, and owing to this construction and the manner of connecting the hails C D the vessel will occu pya horizontal position when lifted by the bail C.

The forward lugs b lie in the plane of the vessels sides and have an outward bulge or bend at their lower ends, so as to form coverreceiving grooves h2, while the rear lugs h' h project upwardly in planes exterior to the plane of the vessel and lack these grooves, so that they will afford no obstruction to the entrance and removal of the cover B', and this construction of the rear lugs h' h also permits the bail C to fold, as shown in Fig. 2, without striking the pivoted ends of the hails D.

The cover is of greater diameter than the distance between the forward ends of the grooves h2, and hence cannot slip forwardly when the vessel is tilted, hut may he readily removed rearwardly.

What I claim isl. The combination with the vessel and its pair of operating hails, of ahar or rod pivoted positively to each hail and spacing them apart, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the vessel and its pair of operating hails, of dilerent lengths,

and both adapted to fold down close to one side of the vessel, of a bar or rod pivoted positively to both bails, holding them apart at their middle portions and lying close to the side of the vessel when the bails are folded together, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the vessel and its two operating hails of different lengths; one of lsaid hails being cranked or offset at its middle, of the bar or rod having eyes at its ends, respectively receiving and pivoting on the said crank or offset and the middle portion of the other bail, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the vessel, having opposite twin ears, each having a pair of ap- 'ertured lugs lying atopposite sides of the center of the vessel; the forward lugs being bulged outwardly at their lower ends to form cover receiving grooves, and the rear lugs projecting upwardly, exterior to the plane of the vessel out of the way of the cover and bails pivotally connected at their ends with said lugs and operatively connected at their middle portions, substantially as described.

5; The ear having apertured twin lugs projecting upward in parallel planes; the inner lug only having an outward bulge at its lower end forming a cover receiving groove in its inner face, substantially as described.

ROBERT BENTON VANDERBURG.

Witnesses:

THos. MCCARTHY, XV. XV. LOWE. 

